abscess

English

Etymology

From Latin abscessus (“a going away; gathering of humors, abscess”), from abscēdō (“go away, depart”), from abs (“away from”) + cēdō (“go”). See cede.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæbsɛs/, /ˈæbsɪs/

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Noun

abscess (plural abscesses)

1. (pathology) A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. [First attested in the mid 16^th century.]

Derived terms

• cold abscess

Related terms

• boil
• carbuncle
• pustule

Translations

cavity filled with pus

• Arabic: دُمَّل‎ m (dummal), خُرَاج‎ m (ḵurāj), خُرَّاج‎ m (ḵurrāj)
• Armenian: թարախակույտ (hy) (tʿaraxakuyt), պալար (hy) (palar)
• Bashkir: шеш (šeš), шешек (šešek)
• Belarusian: гнайні́к m (hnajník), ве́рад m (vjérad), нары́ў m (narýŭ), абсцэ́с m (abscés)
• Bulgarian: абсце́с (bg) m (abscés), ци́рей (bg) m (círej)
• Catalan: abscés m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 膿腫 (zh), 脓肿 (zh) (nóngzhǒng)

• Czech: absces (cs) m, hnisavý vřed m
• Dutch: abces (nl) n, etterbuil (nl) m, ettergezwel n
• Esperanto: absceso (eo)
• Finnish: paise (fi), märkäpesäke (fi), absessi (fi)
• French: abcès (fr) m
• Georgian: აბსცესი (abscesi)
• German: Abszess (de) m, Eiterbeule f
• Greek: απόστημα (el) n (apóstima)

  Ancient: δοθιήν m (dothiḗn)

• Haitian Creole: apse m
• Hindi: विद्रधि (hi) (vidradhi)
• Hungarian: tályog (hu), kelés (hu)
• Icelandic: kýli (is) n
• Ido: abceso (io)
• Interlingua: abscesso
• Interlingue: abscesse
• Irish: easpa f

• Italian: ascesso (it) m
• Japanese: 膿瘍 (ja) (nōyō), 腫れ物 (ja) (はれもの, haremono)
• Kazakh: іріңдік (iriñdik)
• Korean: 농양 (nong-yang) (膿瘍)
• Latin: vomica f
• Malay: bisul, abses (ms)
• Maltese: pustuletta
• Maori: tāpoa, whēwhē, maiao, tuma
• Norman: abcès m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abscess (no) m

• Persian: دمل‎ (fa) (domal), آبسه‎ (fa) (âbse)
• Polish: ropień (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: abscesso (pt) m
• Romanian: abces (ro) n
• Russian: гнойни́к (ru) m (gnojník), гнойничо́к (ru) m (gnojničók) (diminutive), нары́в (ru) m (narýv), абсце́сс (ru) m (abscéss)
• Scottish Gaelic: neasgaid f
• Spanish: absceso (es) m, flemón (es) m (gums)
• Swedish: abscess (sv) c
• Tagalog: naknak
• Turkish: apse (tr)
• Ukrainian: гнійни́к m (hnijnýk), гноя́к m (hnoják), гноя́нка f (hnojánka), нари́в m (narýv), абсце́с (uk) m (abscés)
• Vietnamese: áp-xe (vi)
• Westrobothnian: burning f, bód m
• Yiddish: געשוויר‎ n (geshvir)

Verb

abscess (third-person singular simple present abscesses, present participle abscessing, simple past and past participle abscessed)

1. (intransitive) To form a pus-filled, cavity typically from an infection.

Translations

to form an abscess

• Dutch: een abces vormen
• Finnish: märkiä (fi)
• French: abcéder (fr)

• Ido: abceseskar
• Portuguese: absceder (pt)
• Spanish: absceder

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Norwegian Bokmål

En abscess på abdomen. — En abscess on the abdomen.

Etymology

From Latin abscessus (“a going away; gathering of humors, abscess”), from abscēdō (“go away, depart”), from abs (“away from”) + cēdō (“go”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑbˈsɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs
• Hyphenation: ab‧scess

Noun

abscess m (definite singular abscessen, indefinite plural abscesser, definite plural abscessene)

1. (pathology) an abscess (a cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue.)
   • 1845, Henrik Wergeland, Samlede Skrifter III,1, page 193:

     en fæl absces

     a nasty abscess

   • 2010, Lars Saabye Christensen, Bernhard Hvals forsnakkelser:

     jeg saumfarte foten hans enda en gang og nå fant jeg en abscess ved hælen, hard som en kastanje

     I scoured his foot once more and now I found an abscess at the heel, hard as a chestnut

   • 2010, Nina Lykke, Full spredning, page 13:

     jeg har tømt absesser som har sprutet ned … tak og vegger

     I have emptied abscesses that have splashed down… ceilings and walls

Synonyms

• verkebyll

Derived terms

• hjerneabscess

See also

• byll
• verk

References

• “abscess” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “abscess” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Swedish

Noun

abscess c

1. (pathology) abscess

Declension

Declension of abscess
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	abscess	abscessen	abscesser	abscesserna
Genitive	abscess	abscessens	abscessers	abscessernas

Synonyms

• böld